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love·​struck | \ ˈləv-ˌstrək How to pronounce lovestruck (audio) \

Definition of lovestruck

: powerfully affected by feelings of romantic love for someone : deeply in love a lovestruck teenager … a scandal that began with a lovestruck Valley Girl gossiping to her treacherous friend …— Nancy Gibbs, Time, 22 Feb. 1999

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First Known Use of lovestruck

circa 1652, in the meaning defined above

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“Lovestruck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lovestruck. Accessed 21 Jan. 2021.

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